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!WELCOME TO THE TYPE CYCLE! !CHALLENGE!
: OVERVIEW :
What is the Type Cycle Challenge?
One of the key concepts in Pokémon is that every type has at least one weakness. To keep these weaknesses in check, a player will commonly try to catch pokémon of different types. I thought it would be interesting if one were to play through the game with a set of pokemon whose weaknesses are found in other members of the team. In short, one pokémon on your team is weak to another, which in turn is weak to another. The way that weaknesses can continuously affect each other, as in a cycle, is the concept behind this challenge.
The challenge is to play through the game with a set of pokémon who are strong against each other, although this isn't 100% true. For example, one type cycle has Fighting, Dark, and Ghost. Fighting is super-effective against Dark, which is super-effective against Ghost, but how does Ghost play into Fighting? Well, Fighting has no effect against Ghost, so it's similar to being super-effective in a reverse sort of way. To avoid things being too complicated, I stuck to only doing sets of three types. This way, you can play through the game with just three pokémon, or with six, two of each type. I will refer to these as Moderate Difficulty (6 Pokémon) and Experienced Difficulty (3 Pokémon). You can find a list of the type cycles below. Feel free to tell me if I missed any of them!
*TYPE CYCLES*
I realise that Dragon and Normal Types are not included and this is because they have a small list of strengths and weaknesses. As well, there are many pokemon who have these as subtypes, so there's no need to worry. ^_^
>RULES<
Gotta follow 'em all! Okay, maybe not ALL of them...
-All pokémon on your team must have one of the types you picked. It's not against the rules if it doesn't have that type at the start, so long as they have it in a later evolution.
-However, you MUST evolve them as soon as possible.
-In light of recent events, if you come across a shiny and catch it, you may replace one of the pokemon on your team with it. I wouldn't want to be cruel and prevent you from putting a shiny into the Hall of Fame!
-Until you can get a pokemon assigned to you, you may use your starter.
-You cannot use Legendaries
-ROMs are allowed
-NFE (Not Fully Evolved) pokémon are optional.
-If you have no pokémon that appear before the third Gym Leader, you may hack in ONE LOW LEVEL pokémon of one of your types.
-Some Cycles do not have pokémon that can learn certain HM's, so I am allowing 2 HM Slaves on your team at a time, but you cannot use them in battle.
-If all your other pokémon faint, you must head back to the nearest Pokémon Center to revive them. If you're in a trainer battle, you'll basically have to let your opponent kill off your slaves.
-Regarding your teams, I will pick them so that you don't have completely dominating pokémon that can sweep through the game with few to no problems.
-Other than that, just have fun!
}CHALLENGE COMPLETION{
When is your challenge over?
Because all the games are different, each challenge ends at different places:
R/B/Y/F R/L G
This challenge ends when you defeat your Rival, who has become the Champion
G/S/C/HG/SS
This challenge ends when you defeat Red on Mt. Silver
R/S/E
This challenge ends when you defeat Steven, whether in Ruby and Sapphire or in Emerald
D/P/Pt
This challenge ends with the defeat of Cynthia in all games
B/W
This challenge is over when you defeat Alder
B 2/W 2
This challenge is over when you defeat Alder as well
^CHALLENGERS, CHAMPIONS, & SIGN-UP FORM^
Banners and Userbars
Single Challengers
Ultimate Challengers
Single Champions
Ultimate Champions
: OVERVIEW :
What is the Type Cycle Challenge?
One of the key concepts in Pokémon is that every type has at least one weakness. To keep these weaknesses in check, a player will commonly try to catch pokémon of different types. I thought it would be interesting if one were to play through the game with a set of pokemon whose weaknesses are found in other members of the team. In short, one pokémon on your team is weak to another, which in turn is weak to another. The way that weaknesses can continuously affect each other, as in a cycle, is the concept behind this challenge.
The challenge is to play through the game with a set of pokémon who are strong against each other, although this isn't 100% true. For example, one type cycle has Fighting, Dark, and Ghost. Fighting is super-effective against Dark, which is super-effective against Ghost, but how does Ghost play into Fighting? Well, Fighting has no effect against Ghost, so it's similar to being super-effective in a reverse sort of way. To avoid things being too complicated, I stuck to only doing sets of three types. This way, you can play through the game with just three pokémon, or with six, two of each type. I will refer to these as Moderate Difficulty (6 Pokémon) and Experienced Difficulty (3 Pokémon). You can find a list of the type cycles below. Feel free to tell me if I missed any of them!
*TYPE CYCLES*
Spoiler:
Spoiler:
I realise that Dragon and Normal Types are not included and this is because they have a small list of strengths and weaknesses. As well, there are many pokemon who have these as subtypes, so there's no need to worry. ^_^
>RULES<
Gotta follow 'em all! Okay, maybe not ALL of them...
-All pokémon on your team must have one of the types you picked. It's not against the rules if it doesn't have that type at the start, so long as they have it in a later evolution.
-However, you MUST evolve them as soon as possible.
-In light of recent events, if you come across a shiny and catch it, you may replace one of the pokemon on your team with it. I wouldn't want to be cruel and prevent you from putting a shiny into the Hall of Fame!
-Until you can get a pokemon assigned to you, you may use your starter.
-You cannot use Legendaries
-ROMs are allowed
-NFE (Not Fully Evolved) pokémon are optional.
-If you have no pokémon that appear before the third Gym Leader, you may hack in ONE LOW LEVEL pokémon of one of your types.
-Some Cycles do not have pokémon that can learn certain HM's, so I am allowing 2 HM Slaves on your team at a time, but you cannot use them in battle.
-If all your other pokémon faint, you must head back to the nearest Pokémon Center to revive them. If you're in a trainer battle, you'll basically have to let your opponent kill off your slaves.
-Regarding your teams, I will pick them so that you don't have completely dominating pokémon that can sweep through the game with few to no problems.
-Other than that, just have fun!
}CHALLENGE COMPLETION{
When is your challenge over?
Because all the games are different, each challenge ends at different places:
R/B/Y/F R/L G
This challenge ends when you defeat your Rival, who has become the Champion
G/S/C/HG/SS
This challenge ends when you defeat Red on Mt. Silver
R/S/E
This challenge ends when you defeat Steven, whether in Ruby and Sapphire or in Emerald
D/P/Pt
This challenge ends with the defeat of Cynthia in all games
B/W
This challenge is over when you defeat Alder
B 2/W 2
This challenge is over when you defeat Alder as well
^CHALLENGERS, CHAMPIONS, & SIGN-UP FORM^
Single Challengers
Ultimate Challengers
Single Champions
Ultimate Champions
Here's the sign-up form
Username:
Cycle:
Challenge: Single or Ultimate
Difficulty: Moderate or Experienced
Game(s):
Trade-ability: Y/N?
EDIT: I have added trade-ability to the Sign-up form so I can know if you can trade to evolve pokemon.
This is my sign-up
Spoiler:
Ultimate Challengers
Spoiler:
Single Champions
Spoiler:
Ultimate Champions
Spoiler:
Here's the sign-up form
Username:
Cycle:
Challenge: Single or Ultimate
Difficulty: Moderate or Experienced
Game(s):
Trade-ability: Y/N?
EDIT: I have added trade-ability to the Sign-up form so I can know if you can trade to evolve pokemon.
This is my sign-up
Spoiler:
Banners and Userbars
Single Challengers
Spoiler:
Ultimate Challengers
Spoiler:
Single Champions
Spoiler:
Ultimate Champions
Spoiler:
My team will be:
Parasect
Dugtrio
Golbat
Wish me luck! ^_^
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